Wednesday, June 15, 2016

This mental body is the living memory of all the thoughts,
attitudes, and actions that you choose – moment to moment – throughout your
life……Cayce maintained that the mental body becomes your home when you are
finished with your current physical incarnation! In other words, after death
you live in the body that you have mentally built during your life.

….the human soul requires meaning….Viktor Frankl….While an
inmate in Nazi concentration camps during World War II, Frankl found that the
prisoners who had a reason for living were the ones who were able to withstand
the most horrible conditions imaginable….Cayce’s readings encouraged people to
find a purpose in life bigger than themselves and then to work responsibly
toward it. ….We should stop asking what we expect from life, he counseled, and instead ask what life expects from us.

…..finding your soul’s purpose…..

1. What is your
spiritual ideal? In your peak spiritual moments, what have you recognized
to be the highest truth about yourself and about life?

2. What are your key
talents and abilities?

3. What words capture
the essence of your mission? …..Your mission statement should more
precisely fit your talents and the contribution you are here to make.

4. How will you put
your mission statement into action? ….Formulate a plan that involves two or
three practical initiatives that will test the accuracy of your mission
statement….

….Russian acting teacher Konstantin Stanislavski …… “There
are no small parts, only small actors.”

The Sumerian king Ur-Nammu in the third millennium B.C. saw
to it “that the orphan did not fall prey to the wealthy, that the widow did not
fall prey to the powerful, that the man of one shekel [a monetary unit] did not
fall prey to the man of sixty shekels.”

….anthropologist Margaret Mead …. “Never doubt that a small
group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it’s the
only thing that ever has.”

The Cayce readings placed an unusual value on names ….In one
instance a woman…..never liked her name and wondered if a change….would help
their relationship. Cayce disagreed, suggesting they make no change because
their very names were significant……..At other times, ….Cayce recommended that
people might benefit from such a
change. ….Cayce often supported the idea of changing a name to stimulate new
influences or “vibrations”……

……….The Gospel of Thomas is a collection of sayings
attributed to Jesus……..Many of the sayings in this book are also found in the
official Gospels …. “You see the mote in your brother’s eye, but not the beam
in your own eye.”

Grace is much more accessible than we may realize. For
example, to one man plagued by stress, Cayce promised that in a mere thirty to
sixty seconds of meditation the man could contact inner strength and vitality.
That’s how accessible the grace of God is to us all!